Legal Opinion
Shirley W. Stewart v. Thorpe Holding Company Profit Sharing Plan, Thomas A. Carpenter, Thorpe Holding Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2000No. 98-55746PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case arises under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended by the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (“REA”). The REA was designed to protect the financial security of ex-spouses and dependants after divorce. See Boggs v. Boggs, 520 U.S. 833, 845, 117 S.Ct. 1754, 138 L.Ed.2d 45 (1997); Ablamis v. Roper, 937 F.2d 1450, 1453 (9th Cir.1991). When Appellant Shirley Stewart divorced Richard Nielsen in *11471989, a California court issued a Marital Dissolution Order, which, inter alia, awarded Stewart her community property share in Nielsen’s…
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